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“North Landing, Early Morning”

Style: Observed Realism

Plein‑Air Painting

Oil on Canvas Panel

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The tide is in and a small fishing boat is out at sea, while the bright morning sunshine lights the cliffs.
(Visual is approximate. See scale below)

Artwork Size

(Unframed)
Model is 5'4" (1.62m)

Dimensions

  • Artwork:25.4 x 35.6 cm( 10 x 14 ins )

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Painting “North Landing, early morning”

Plein‑Air Painting – Oil on Canvas Panel

North Landing, Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire, England, UK

Now this is one of my favourite places: Flamborough Head – I paint on location a lot here

This was painted very early one morning at North Landing. I was intent on getting a lot of plein‑air painting done that day, mainly at another location near‑by.

The other location wasn't open until much later, so I decided to include this bay on the coast as my first painting of the day. I'd set off before the sun was up, and had arrived here by 6:30am.

The only other souls up and about, were a lone runner heading South round the cliff tops, a couple of early bird dog walkers, and a bird watcher.

Though the light was bright, there was a lot of cloud collecting to the South, increasingly shrouding the sun. I had to work quickly because before a very particular warm early morning light illuminating the cliffs disappeared.

The early morning light was adding an beautiful nuance to the surface of the sea, which would also be lost before long. It was worth the early rise to catch it all, though.

I'm often drawn to this part of the coast. It features strongly in my landscape art collection.